My hours have changed

Reasonable rostering 
Modern awards and enterprise agreements set out rules for how ordinary hours can be worked, including the minimum and maximum ordinary hours that can be worked each day, the times between which ordinary hours can be worked and rules for rostering of those hours.

Overtime
Ordinary hours differ depending on whether you’re a full-time, part-time or casual employees. When you’re asked to work outside of your workplace’s ordinary hours, or more than the ordinary hours allowed on a day or a shift, this can attract overtime rates.

Employers must consult around changes to hours
Employers are required to consult workers before they change your regular roster or ordinary hours of work, but we know that doesn’t always happen.

Consultation process can be enforced 
Employers must:

• Consult workers before the change takes effect.
• Tell you how they propose to change your regular roster or ordinary hours of work, including when the change is proposed to begin.
• Invite you to provide your views about the proposed change.
• Consider workers’ views about the change in their decision-making process.If this hasn’t happened, then as union members we can come together to enforce these rights.

  Different roles have different rules. Here’s how to find yours 
  Find your modern award or enterprise agreement on the Fair Work Commission website. Note: For public sector employees this might be on your state Industrial Relations Commission website.

  Your modern award or enterprise agreement should say how your employer must consult you about changes to your regular roster or ordinary hours of work.